A senior general in the Russian armed forces, who was in charge of nuclear protection forces, was killed in an explosion after a bomb hidden in an electric scooter went off on Tuesday, Russia’s investigative committee said.
Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, who is chief of Russia’s Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Troops, was leaving an apartment building on Tuesday when the bomb hidden in the scooter detonated, killing him and reportedly his assistant as well.
“Igor Kirillov, the head of the radiation, chemical and biological protection forces of the armed forces of the Russian Federation, and his assistant were killed,” Russian authorities investigating the case said, reported Reuters.Photos on Russia’s Telegram channels displayed a building with rubble littered and the entrance of the apartment shattered with two bodies lying in a pool of blood-stained snow.A police cordon was also visible in the footage posted by Reuters, as the Russian authorities opened a criminal probe into the case. Russia’s special troops ‘RKhBZ’, the radioactive, chemical and biological defence forces, operate under conditions of radioactive, chemical and biological contamination.
Igor Kirillov was appointed to head the force in April 2017, as per BBC. According to Russian state news agency TASS, Kirillov attended the Kostroma Higher Military Command School of Chemical Defence.
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